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AfriXan:
Ok, the situation is this. Encounter with brahmin and hub trader group.

I put away my gun so the guards dont go hostile. I then lure the brahmin to the very edge of the area so I can kill them without involving the guards. I basically shoot, run, wait for AP, shoot run and so on.

I can't see the guards at all (with 9 PER) I kill two brahmins with no trouble at loot their bodies. I then kill the 3rd brahmin and loot its body. All of this is happening about 2 hexes from the edge of the area and the guards are nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, as I'm looting the 3rd Brahmin I get shot. A guard has walked all the way over to me and opened up, he is then followed by the actual trader who proceeds to beat me as I lie on the ground.

Is this a timing thing? Will all npcs go hostile if you remain in the area for a period of time? I'm just trying to understand what set this off so I can avoid it in future.

Ganado:
The encounter you are talking about was only added this session, and I don't think they even meant to put it in there. I think it's a missed remnant of when most of the encounters used to act like this.

As for your question, if you put your gun away, and then draw it back out, they will automatically start to attack you as soon as you take your weapon out again, no matter where you are on the map.

AfriXan:
So it is just as issue of time? After a couple of minutes this encounter will always go hostile?

EDIT - oh ok now I understand.

Following on from this. Is it possible to hide from NPCs in encounters? Or do they automatically detect you and know exactly where you are regardless of distance, LoS, etc.

Ganado:

--- Quote from: AfriXan on March 27, 2011, 04:07:30 pm ---So it is just as issue of time? After a couple of minutes this encounter will always go hostile?

--- End quote ---
If you keep your weapon away when they shout at you, they will never go hostile. If you don't ever put your weapon away after spawning on the map, they will go hostile after a few seconds, unless they are busy fighting someone else.

After you put your weapon away, you got it back out to kill the brahmin, and this caused them to attack you.

AfriXan:

--- Quote from: Dishonest Abe on March 27, 2011, 04:09:22 pm ---If you keep your weapon away when they shout at you, they will never go hostile. If you don't ever put your weapon away after spawning on the map, they will go hostile after a few seconds, unless they are busy fighting someone else.

After you put your weapon away, you got it back out to kill the brahmin, and this caused them to attack you.

--- End quote ---

Thanks for clarifying. And they will know that I have my weapon out regardless of where I am, if they can see me and all that?

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